A brilliantly talented storyteller, Pastor Mick vividly relates stories of reconciliation, forgiveness and healing in the lives of people we first meet in his autobiography, Blown Away. Mick had no idea that many of those he encountered in his deeply troubled and violent past would be so miraculously touched by the grace of God - several through Mick’s own future ministry. Fellow patients on the psychiatric ward, gangster mates, friends he made at AA, policemen he abhorred, estranged members of his own family . . . these are just a few of the people who feature in Walk In My Shoes. Related to the twelve-step recovery programme, and written from a number of perspectives, this is the kind of book Mick was searching for (and failed to find) when he was researching his dissertation on addiction and recovery. A message of hope builds through each chapter, painful, confessional and sad as many of the stories are. This is not a celebration of quick fixes; it is a book that walks with those who are suffering, those in recovery, those seeking to understand them, and those who recognize, as Mick does, that ‘the supernatural is just normal; it’s the timing that makes it miraculous’.

'It's impossible to visit Church on the Street and not be deeply moved by the work the organisation does for those in need. It is an extraordinary place ... 'HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES, from the Foreword 'There are so few people like Pastor Mick that this book deserves a shelf all to itself.' JEREMY VINE, BROADCASTER AND JOURNALIST An autobiography that is fast-paced, stirring and a powerful testament to the love of God, Blown Away tells the story of Pastor Mick Fleming. No conventional clergyman, Pastor Mick led a life of crime and addiction before being called by God to become a Christian minister. Brutally raped as a child, he was about to confide in his parents when the dreadful news came that his sister had died of a sudden heart-attack. Mick didn't cry again for 30 years, masking his pain with drink and drugs and working as notorious underworld fixer - until the day a revelation of faith unravelled his world, and he found himself utterly 'blown away'. Here he relates his incredible journey from hardened criminal to discovering who he truly is in Christ; from helping to destroy lives through drug dealing, to helping others and saving lives through selflessly serving those in poverty. Laying bare his struggles in full for the first time, including a failed attempt at suicide, Pastor Mick tells how sharing his pain has helped others who are suffering. Since that first call that set him on the road to becoming a Christian minister he has seen miracles happen - including being able not only to forgive, but to help, the man who ruined his life. Blown Away is a thought-provoking and inspiring Christian autobiography that offers insight into the violent underworld of crime, addiction and substance abuse in the UK and reveals the extraordinary power of faith, forgiveness and redemption. Pastor Mick's story will move and inspire you on your own faith journey, and offer hope to those struggling with addiction, grief and suffering. Told with raw honesty and full of warmth and humanity, Blown Away is an amazing example of how God can help those even in the darkest places.